This wine has a deep purple red color that glows around the edges. On the nose I get very creamy plum and black cherry. The fruit of this nose is intoxicating. There is also a slight band aid, oakiness with a hint of alcohol on the end. All of this is put together so nicely, and just creates the most mouth watering smell. On the palate there is dark fruits like plum and blueberry and a mineral rock flavor. On the mid palate I get tobacco leaf and chocolate with a pepper spice that finishes with more dark fruitiness that lasts for 30-40 seconds and leaves your mouth wanting more. This wine is thick and juicy and coats your palate completely. It is balanced and loaded with all levels of flavor. This may just be my favorite wine.
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Dark purple, inky color. Black fruit on the nose, a little heat. Vanilla and oak - lots. Soft in the mouth. Sweet, firm tannins. Lots of dark red fruit with a medium to long finish. Good amount of acidity to balance the viscous "sweetness", vanilla and oak. Very nice spiciness in the mid-palate. Follow the suggestion on the bottle to drink at 62 degrees. This wine is really delicious. Will go really well with spicy foods - hot wings, Jamaican beef patties, jerk chicken, etc.
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Argentina $20 to $40 (Ray's Home): 60% Tempranillo, 35% Malbec, 5% Syrah. Opaque purple in color. The nose is off with a pickle juice component (American oak gone bad?), and cherries. On the palate, sweet and a bit jammy. Although there was some complex layering underneath. Cherries and plums. It finish with tannins, oak and heat.
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I'm not entirely sure of the vintage of this; the tasting guidebook said 2008 but that seems too recent? So, my guess this was the next released vintage from what I could find on CT. Red to slightly darker fruits, sweet oak on nose. Tasty and balanced on palate, needs time. 91-92
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Sampling 2004 Barolo, Part 1: Purple and opaque, with lifted aromatics of sweet mocha, blueberry muffin, purple paint, black pepper. Very ripe, with moderately concentrated purple-ripe, raisiny fruit, sweet fakey mocha oak and gritty, astringent tannins. Tremendous concentration and firm acidity, but sadly cast in an anonymous, spoofulescent style that could be from almost anywhere. Funny though, I found the remnants in the fridge a week later and with a bit of a chill on it's not bad, even drinkable thanks to that firm core of acidity. As it warms to room temperature though that gritty mocha sweetness takes over again, alas.
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Gritty tannins, not a lot of fruit, not much complexity, but no particular flaws apart from the tannins. Will probably improve somewhat with a couple of years for the tannins soften, but I don't see the potential for substantial improvement. Very overpriced.
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5/17/2013 - chbeaumont wrote: 91 Points
Ruby; bags of bold fruit; lush, velvety, gorgeous. Drinking well, loads of time in hand.
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10/17/2011 - Kriz wrote: 90 Points
Full bodied. Ripe cherries, blueberries and cassis. Good effort.
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9/25/2011 - Higgie wrote: 88 Points
- Brick color. It's balanced with a medium/full body. Satin-Like texture with a long finish.
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9/25/2011 - Higgie wrote: 88 Points
- Garnet color. It's balanced with a medium/full body. Satin-Like texture with a long finish - Very strong and very tasty!
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6/26/2011 - bboomer wrote: 92 Points
Wonderful blend of Tempranillo, Malbec and Merlot. Opened up beautifully after 45 minutes.
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1/29/2011 - Briangray77 wrote: 97 Points
This wine has a deep purple red color that glows around the edges. On the nose I get very creamy plum and black cherry. The fruit of this nose is intoxicating. There is also a slight band aid, oakiness with a hint of alcohol on the end. All of this is put together so nicely, and just creates the most mouth watering smell. On the palate there is dark fruits like plum and blueberry and a mineral rock flavor. On the mid palate I get tobacco leaf and chocolate with a pepper spice that finishes with more dark fruitiness that lasts for 30-40 seconds and leaves your mouth wanting more. This wine is thick and juicy and coats your palate completely. It is balanced and loaded with all levels of flavor. This may just be my favorite wine.
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10/28/2010 - phwarner wrote: 88 Points
Dark red fruit, cherry. Balanced tannins, a little oak, and some pepper. Solid, but not terribly complex.
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8/18/2010 - MuseMaven wrote: 90 Points
Dark purple, inky color. Black fruit on the nose, a little heat. Vanilla and oak - lots. Soft in the mouth. Sweet, firm tannins. Lots of dark red fruit with a medium to long finish. Good amount of acidity to balance the viscous "sweetness", vanilla and oak. Very nice spiciness in the mid-palate. Follow the suggestion on the bottle to drink at 62 degrees. This wine is really delicious. Will go really well with spicy foods - hot wings, Jamaican beef patties, jerk chicken, etc.
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11/24/2009 - Loren Sonkin wrote: 86 Points
Argentina $20 to $40 (Ray's Home): 60% Tempranillo, 35% Malbec, 5% Syrah. Opaque purple in color. The nose is off with a pickle juice component (American oak gone bad?), and cherries. On the palate, sweet and a bit jammy. Although there was some complex layering underneath. Cherries and plums. It finish with tannins, oak and heat.
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10/27/2009 - ews3 wrote: 87 Points
Zachys Fall 2009 Food & Wine Extravaganza (The Lighthouse at Pier Sixty (NYC)): dark fruit with some green bell pepper in there.
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10/8/2009 - amateurwino wrote: 92 Points
I'm not entirely sure of the vintage of this; the tasting guidebook said 2008 but that seems too recent? So, my guess this was the next released vintage from what I could find on CT. Red to slightly darker fruits, sweet oak on nose. Tasty and balanced on palate, needs time. 91-92
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10/29/2008 - 5laton wrote:
Sampling 2004 Barolo, Part 1: Purple and opaque, with lifted aromatics of sweet mocha, blueberry muffin, purple paint, black pepper. Very ripe, with moderately concentrated purple-ripe, raisiny fruit, sweet fakey mocha oak and gritty, astringent tannins. Tremendous concentration and firm acidity, but sadly cast in an anonymous, spoofulescent style that could be from almost anywhere. Funny though, I found the remnants in the fridge a week later and with a bit of a chill on it's not bad, even drinkable thanks to that firm core of acidity. As it warms to room temperature though that gritty mocha sweetness takes over again, alas.
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11/10/2007 - KellyM wrote: 84 Points
Gritty tannins, not a lot of fruit, not much complexity, but no particular flaws apart from the tannins. Will probably improve somewhat with a couple of years for the tannins soften, but I don't see the potential for substantial improvement. Very overpriced.
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